Objective This Research Network consists of nine teams that provide an interdisciplinary environment for training researchers in the field of eukaryotic cell division. The teams combine expertise in cell biology, biochemistry, proteomics, biophysics, chemical geneti cs, organic chemistry, and mathematics. The scientific goal of the joint research programme is to understand the dynamics of cell division and to discover inhibitors of mitosis with potential as anti-cancer drugs. The multidisciplinary network aims at over coming the fragmentation of research into the fields of spindle mechanics and cell cycle regulation, at bringing together laboratories working on different model organisms, and facilitating exchange between experimentalists and theoreticians. The network i ntegrates different tasks, for example identifying missing interaction partners of mitotic regulators and motor proteins, developing novel quantitative in vivo fluorescence microscopy assays, performing high-throughput screens of chemical libraries of smal l molecules to identify inhibitors and activators of mitotic proteins, and theoretical modelling of cell division. This Research Network is necessary, because understanding a complex biological process like cell division requires an integrated approach com bining various disciplines and techniques. The need is even more pressing, since diseases related to cell proliferation are a major unsolved problem in European societies and on a world-wide level. In conclusion, training by this Research Network will prep are the early-stage and experienced researchers for tackling complex biological systems like the cell division machine. Quite generally, they will have a qualification to address challenges in modern biology requiring interdisciplinary approches. They will be prepared for basic research and for work in the biomedical sector. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsproteomicsnatural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistrynatural sciencesbiological sciencescell biologynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiophysics Keywords cancer chemical genetics high throughput screens kinases mitosis modelling motor proteins Programme(s) FP6-MOBILITY - Human resources and Mobility in the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) MOBILITY-1.1 - Marie Curie Research Training Networks (RTN) Call for proposal FP6-2002-MOBILITY-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme RTN - Marie Curie actions-Research Training Networks Coordinator EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY Address Meyerhofstrasse 1 Heidelberg Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BUDAPESTI MUSZAKI ES GAZDASAGTUDOMANYI EGYETEM Hungary EU contribution € 0,00 Address Muegyetem rkp 3-9 Budapest See on map Links Website Opens in new window CENTRE DE REGULACIÓ GENÒMICA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Passeig marítim, 37-49 Barcelona See on map Links Website Opens in new window CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3, rue michel-ange Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN - INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Av.de berna 45a Lisboa See on map Links Website Opens in new window MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hofgartenstrasse 8 München See on map Links Website Opens in new window PATERSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH, CHRISTIE HOSPITAL NHS TRUST United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Wilmslow road Manchester See on map Links Website Opens in new window RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Seminarstrasse 2 Heidelberg See on map Links Website Opens in new window THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address The old schools, trinity lane Cambridge See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAET KONSTANZ Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Universitaetstrasse 10 Konstanz See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ritterstrassse, 26 Leipzig See on map Links Website Opens in new window
